Peter David Connolly QC (29 September 1920- 3 May 2009) was an Australian politician and judge of the

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. Born in Sydney in 1920, Connolly moved to Brisbane as a child. Connolly went to Marist Rosalie (

Marist Brothers College Rosalie Sacred Heart College, also known as Marist Brothers Rosalie, was a Catholic boys' college located in Paddington, Queensland, Paddington, an inner western suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The college had been a high school for students ...

) until 1934, where he before winning a scholarship to St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, where he was both Dux and Head Boy in his final year in 1936. Connolly served in the

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between 1940 and 1946. After studying law at the

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, he was admitted as a barrister in 1949. Connolly was elected to the

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in the

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for the

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. He served as MLA for Kurilpa from 1957 to 1960, but lost re-endorsement to his former campaign manager Clive Hughes in 1960; as a result, Connolly returned to the Bar, and was appointed

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in 1963. Connolly was appointed as a judge of the

in 1978, serving until his retirement in 1990. He was known as a conservative 'black-letter lawyer' during his service in Parliament and on the bench. During his judicial service, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Connolly died on 3 May 2009. As of 2011, he was the most recent judge of the

to have served in Parliament prior to his judicial service.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Peter Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland Australian King's Counsel Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Politicians from Sydney University of Queensland alumni 1920 births 2009 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians

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